Senate roll call 5 · 110th Congress · Jan 11, 2007
To strengthen earmark reform.
On Jan 11, 2007, the Senate voted 46–51 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 7–41, Democrats 38–10, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Motion to Table Failed
- Yes
- 46
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jan 11, 2007
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 41 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 10 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Barack Obama D-IL voted no
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted yes
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- Jon Tester D-MT voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted yes
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted yes
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA voted no
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Barack Obama D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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